Tottenham Tragedy 1900s

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Permalink Reply by linka on June 24, 2011 at 16:25

 

From this source:

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW190...

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Permalink Reply by Cem Kaplan on June 24, 2011 at 18:43

Thank you Hugh and Linka. 

Regards

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Permalink Reply by JulieB on June 25, 2011 at 16:22

Thanks for posting this, what a fantastic read. I got quite caught up in it.

 

A very sad story but I can't help but think that if journalists still wrote like this I would read a lot more newspapers.

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Permalink Reply by John D on June 25, 2011 at 16:28

It all sounds rather familiar, don't you think ?

Foreigners, ineffective immigration laws. This wasn't Ye Daily Mail was it ?

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Permalink Reply by linka on June 25, 2011 at 18:05

I certainly thought: 'hmm, familiar rhetoric' when I read it!

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Permalink Reply by JulieB on June 25, 2011 at 20:53

Just to clarify my remarks - I didn't agree with the immigration comments in the article. I just quite like the descriptive tone and the use of words like, 'plucky'

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 24, 2011 at 16:36

There's a nice piece on another local website, here, Cem and another piece here

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 25, 2011 at 12:00

Also just stumbled across this post on this topic from some while ago by Film Exposed.

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Permalink Reply by Arboreal Primate on June 25, 2011 at 21:47

There's also a plaque at the police station on the High Street near Bruce Grove, unveiled for the centenary.  The plaque calls it the Tottenham Outrage, rather than Tragedy.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on June 26, 2011 at 15:57

Yes, it always used to be known as the Tot'nam Tradegy .. I have seen a clip of a very early British film based on the incident, using real-life shots of the tramchase and shooting.. not sure where those were filmed tho' - most probably in West London..?

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 29, 2011 at 7:29

Just noticed that this incident has a Wikipedia page all of its own.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Hinchcliffe on June 29, 2011 at 20:20

Janet Harris, a friend, is a local historian. She has written a book about it - you can email her at janet(dot)harris98(at)gmail(dot)com if you have a question(s) or would like to buy a copy

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